What did Samuel Huntington have to say?

"It becomes a people publicly to acknowledge the over-ruling hand of Divine Providence and their dependence upon the Supreme Being as their Creator and Merciful Preserver . . . and with becoming humility and sincere repentance to supplicate the pardon that we may obtain forgiveness through the merits and mediation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS;JUDGE; GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT

Source: Samuel Huntington, A Proclamation for a Day of Fasting, Prayer and Humiliation, March 9, 1791, from a proclamation in our possession, Evans #23284.